Culcheth Primary is a single form entry Community Primary School situated in Culcheth, a suburb of east Warrington. School plays an integral part of the local community. We involve the community in school life as much possible. There are 7 classes and a standard admission number of 30. All children are taught in single age classes. We have 217 pupils on roll (Sept 2022) this consists of 115 boys and 89 girls. As a school, we are proud to support all our children's personal developmental journey and believe that the Skills Builder 8 essential skills unlock learning in the classroom, boosting academic outcomes, perseverance and self-belief. Focusing on one skill for a few weeks has enabled the children to really understand the concepts of each skill. The programme has been embraced by staff, pupils and parents; it has been part of our school improvement plan. Working together to achieve each skill has hugely benefited the children and kept it in the forefront of everyone's thoughts. Teachers have been encouraged to sign post the 8 essential skills, in their planning, classrooms and assemblies.
The resources have been extremely useful to help the children understand the different essential skills. A whole school approach has ensured consistency throughout all the 7 classes. Teachers have all attended CPD to support their delivery of the different skills. Staff feel confident to deliver the resources. As a result, the SLT have monitored outstanding teaching. The children understand the different skills and are applying them independently to their learning. Linking assemblies to the classroom tasks has really helped to consolidate their learning. Giving the children the chance to understand how the skills are used in a variety of job occupations gave them real life experiences. Giving everyone in the school, the same opportunities to unlock learning in the classroom, boosts academic outcomes, perseverance and self-belief. Allowing the children to build on these essential skills will encourage them to thrive and halve the likelihood of being out of work, and increase earnings across a lifetime. They also help to boost wellbeing and life satisfaction. Communicating the skills with parents have given a push in and out of school. Parents are aware of how these skills benefit their children. Rewarding the children has encouraged others to achieve the set skills.
We will incoporate the essential skills into the school values work. The posters, icons, stages will be used to improve our children's understanding of the essential skills throughout our curriculum.